Begin to Love
| Begin to Love | ||||
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| Released | May 1965 | |||
| Genre | Traditional pop | |||
| Length | 32:39 | |||
| Label | Columbia | |||
| Producer | Ernie Altschuler | |||
| Robert Goulet chronology | ||||
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| Singles from Begin To Love | ||||
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Begin to Love is the ninth studio album by American singer Robert Goulet, released in May 1965, by Columbia Records. and was available both in stereo and mono.[1] It was produced by Ernie Altschuler,[2] it was arranged and conducted by Artie Schroeck.[2] and features the singles, "Begin to Love". It also contains a mix of originals and covers of old and recent hits that included one song that also had chart success in 1964 via The New Christy Minstrels: "Today".
The album debuted on the Billboard Top LPs chart in the issue dated June 5, 1965, and remained on the chart for 16 weeks, peaking at number 69.[3] It debuted on the Cash Box albums chart in the issue dated June 5, 1965, and remained on the chart for 10 weeks, peaking at number 52.[4]
The single, "Begin To Love", bubbled under" Billboard's Hot 100, for seven weeks in the issue dated February 27, 1965, reaching number 110.[5] It peaked at number 79 on the Cash Box Top 100 Singles chart, in a two-week run on the chart.[6]
The album was released on compact disc as one of two albums on one CD by Collectables Records on July 1, 1997, as tracks 13 through 24 on a pairing of two albums on one CD with tracks 1 through 12 consisting of Goulet's 1962 Columbia album, Two of Us.[7]
Reception
| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic | [8] |
| The Encyclopedia of Popular Music | [9] |
William Ruhlmann of AllMusic notes "the selections and the musical approaches taken with them are quite varied. A playful style is given to Cy Coleman and Carolyn Leigh's "Real Live Girl" (from the 1962 musical Little Me), then there are more traditional piano-and-string arrangements for "In the Still of the Night" and "Smile." "The More I See of Mimi," one of a few mediocre contemporary songs, has a barbershop quartet quality."[8]
Billboard believed that the album "follows the pattern and it is a continual job" and praised Sid Ramin for his additional credit of "much of the arranging-conducting."[10]
Cashbox notes that Goulet "spins a web of romantic mood music, with strong emphasis on melodies from past decades."[11]
Variety said the album" is a solid collection of oldies and a few recents ballads, including his hit title song, plus 'Real Live Girl', and the pretty ballad 'Today'."[12]
it was given a three-star rating by The Encyclopedia of Popular Music as well,[9] while AllMusic gave the album a four-star rating[8]
Track listing
Side one
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Begin To Love (Cominciamo Ad Amarci)" | Gino Mescoli, Vito Pallavicini, Sydney Lee | 2:09 |
| 2. | "As Time Goes By" (from the Warner Bros. Pictures film: Casablanca) | Herman Hupfeld, | 2:40 |
| 3. | "Real Life Girl" (from the Broadway Musical: Little Me) | Carolyn Leigh, Cy Coleman | 2:49 |
| 4. | "In the Still of the Night" (from the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures film: Rosalie) | Cole Porter | 3:14 |
| 5. | "Smile" | Charlie Chaplin, Geoffrey Parsons, John Turner | 2:32 |
| 6. | "With These Hands" | Benny Davis, Abner Silver | 2:25 |
Side two
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "The More I See of Mimi" | Jack Segal | 2;22 |
| 2. | "Today" | Randy Sparks | 3:58 |
| 3. | "Long Ago (and Far Away)" (from the Columbia Pictures film: Cover Girl) | Ira Gershwin, Jerome Kern | 2:23 |
| 4. | "Time After Time" (from the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures film: It Happened in Brooklyn) | Sammy Cahn, Jule Styne | 2:47 |
| 5. | "I Never Got to Paris" | Jack Segal, Fred E. Ahlert | 2:20 |
| 6. | "The Fall Of Love" | Dimitri Tiomkin, Ned Washington | 2:33 |
Charts
| Chart (1965) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| US Billboard Top LPs[3] | 69 |
| US Cash Box[4] | 52 |
- Singles
| Year | Single | Chart | Peak |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1965 | "Begin to Love" | US Billboard Hot 100[5] | 110 |
| US Cash Box[6] | 79 |
References
- ^ Kinslow, Chris (2015). Goldmine Record Album Price Guide 2015. Penguin. p. 232. ISBN 9-781440-243721. Retrieved March 6, 2026.
- ^ a b Goulet, Robert (May 1965). "Begin to Love". Columbia Records. CL 2342 (M) CL 9142 (S) (LP).
- ^ a b Whitburn, Joel (1996). Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Albums : 1955-1996. Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin: Record Research. p. 312. ISBN 0898201179.
- ^ a b Hoffmann, Frank W (1988). The Cash Box Album Charts, 1955-1974. Metuchen, New Jersey: Scarecrow Press. p. 148. ISBN 0-8108-2005-6.
- ^ a b Whitburn, Joel (1982). Joel Whitburn's Bubbling under the hot 100, 1959-1981. Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin: Record Research. p. 70. ISBN 978-0-8982-0047-8.
- ^ a b Downey, Pat (1994). Cash Box Pop Singles Charts, 1950-1993. Englewood, Colo.: Libraries Unlimited. pp. 142–143. ISBN 1-56308-316-7.
- ^ "Two of Us/Begin to Love". AllMusic. Retrieved May 22, 2025.
- ^ a b c Ruhlmann, William. "Robert Goulet - Begin to Love: Album Ratings & Reviews". AllMusic. Retrieved 2026-02-28.
- ^ a b Larkin, Colin (2006). The encyclopedia of popular music. Omnibus Press. p. 842. ISBN 9780195313734. Retrieved 28 February 2026.
- ^ "Pop Spotlight: Begin to Love". Billboard. Vol. 77, no. 22. May 29, 1965. p. 52.
- ^ "Cashbox Album Pop Picks Reviews: Begin to Love". Cash Box. Vol. 36, no. 35. May 22, 1965. p. 30.
- ^ "Record Reviews: Como's Scene, Martino's Somebody, Lopez's Love Album, Robert Goulet, Kingstons, Sam the Sham Top LPs". Variety. Vol. 238, no. 13. May 19, 1965. p. 70.